The latest Pew poll gives President Obama an 8 point lead over GOP candidate Mitt Romney.This is Obama’s largest lead thus afar. Thoughts on these latest poll results? Can Mitt recover this?
According to forensic experts, no traces of Trayvon Martin’s DNA were found on the handgun used to take his life. This evidence could potential call into question Zimmerman’s assertion that he fired the fatal shot after Martin reached for his weapon.
According to the results of a study, 14 percent of teens nationwide are disconnected. “Disconnectedness” is defined as not working and not being in school. Black youth accounted for the largest share of disconnected young people; a whopping 22.2 percent.
Classes are not in session today in Chicago, as the Chicago Teacher’s Union has officially gone on strike.
A recent study suggests that African Americans are more likely to be sent to prison than whites, and that this gap is more pronounced among some judges. The results show that judges are not colorblind.
What a shock. According to a recent poll, 64 percent of New Yorkers say the NYPD favors whites over blacks.
President Obama has commented on Congressman and GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin’s controversial comments regarding rape, calling them offensive and asserting that we should not be making health care decisions on behalf of women.
According to a recent report, Illinois LEADS THE NATION in suspending black children, and has the widest gap in suspension rates between white and black students.
According to a variety of studies, Black teens drink less alcohol than their white peers. ANd while the reason why remains unclear, a recent study suggests “racial differences in personality traits” explains this phenomenon. What do you think?
A new University of Delaware study has found that those who are in support of voter ID laws also tend to “harbor negative sentiments towards African Americans.” Apparently, this is ESPECIALLY true amongst liberals. Surprised?
According to the results of a study conducted by the Black AIDS Institute, young Black gay men have a 1 in 4 chance of contracting HIV by the age of 25. We must make the fight against HIV and AIDS a major priority within our community!
According to a recent study by Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, white students were five times as likely as black students to enroll at a top-tier university, and two-three times as likely to gain admission.
